As many have mentioned before, the story about the first US cannabis cafe being opened in Portland this month is a lie.
It was NORML who sent out the press release claiming their cannabis cafe in Portland was the first in the nation. This lie was used to hype the opening as if it was something unprecedented. Major media outlets including the NY Times carried the story without fact checking.
If NORML didn't have a clue about the dozens of other cannabis cafes that have opened in the USA since 1995 or so, how can they possibly get the other facts about marijuana correct?
And they're supposed to be the biggest pro-cannabis lobbying group in the country? They seem more concerned about hyping their own money making ventures than telling the truth about marijuana.
And just when I was starting to think good thoughts about NORML again...
Well I'm back to being very disappointed in this group and won't be contributing to them again...
http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Portlands-Cannabis-Cafe-is-not-the-first-medical-marijuana-coffee-shop-in-America
It was NORML who sent out the press release claiming their cannabis cafe in Portland was the first in the nation. This lie was used to hype the opening as if it was something unprecedented. Major media outlets including the NY Times carried the story without fact checking.
If NORML didn't have a clue about the dozens of other cannabis cafes that have opened in the USA since 1995 or so, how can they possibly get the other facts about marijuana correct?
And they're supposed to be the biggest pro-cannabis lobbying group in the country? They seem more concerned about hyping their own money making ventures than telling the truth about marijuana.
And just when I was starting to think good thoughts about NORML again...
Well I'm back to being very disappointed in this group and won't be contributing to them again...
http://www.examiner.com/x-14883-Santa-Cruz-County-Drug-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Portlands-Cannabis-Cafe-is-not-the-first-medical-marijuana-coffee-shop-in-America